RPC III, 3856

 

Image of specimen #8

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 3856
Province Syria
Region Phoenicia
City Berytus
Reign Hadrian
Person (obv.) Hadrian (Augustus)
Issue Hadrian Pater Patriae
Dating AD 128/38
Obverse inscription IMP CAES TRAI HADRIANVS AVG
Nominative Imperator Caesar Traianus Hadrianus Augustus
Obverse design laureate bust of Hadrian, draped and cuirassed, right
Reverse inscription COL BER
Reverse design two military standards, each surmounted by eagle; in laurel wreath
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 20 mm
Axis 12
Reference S 1117–58, Rouvier 532
Specimens 11 (5 in the core collections)
Note S recorded 8 obv and 20 rev. dies.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L BMC 99
2 2     L BMC 98
3 3     L BMC 100
4 4     L BMC 101
5 5     P: Chandon 754
6 6 –7     Beirut excavations = Butcher, Small Change nos 432–3
7 7     CGT coll.
8 8     ✸ CGT coll.
9 9     Freiburg: 12456
10 10     ETB coll. (ex CNG EA 356, 29 July 2015, lot 373)